Johnson's Calif race seen as even chances by experts
Washington dispatch notes a cautious, unnamed California source pegs Hi ram Johnson's presidential renomination bid as about even in the state ahead of tomorrow's vote. Rise in registration and female turnout, plus labor and tariff issues, shape a tighter contest than expected.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington, D.C
California
Hiram Johnson
Johnson
Los Angeles County
League of Nations
Santa Fe
Jonson
Joseph W. Fordney
Billy Sunday
Senate
Congress
San Peiice
Iowa
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New York Doctor To Testify On Publisher’s Mental State
Doctors and medical experts are expected to decide the validity of Viscount Northcliffe’s second will. The executors insist the will was made while the publisher was not of sound mind, with four British doctors and American physician Dr. Emanuel Libman summoned to testify about his condition at deathbed.
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Associated Press
London
Viscount Northcliffe
Daily Express
Emanuel Libman
New York
California Primary Election Sees Key Gubernatorial and Senate Fight
California voters head to the polls Tuesday to choose party nominees for U S senator governor and 11 congressional districts along with state offices and judicial seats. The focal race is the Republican contest for U S senator between incumbent Hiram W Johnson and Charles C Madre with San Francisco as a center of activity. Governor William D Stephens seeks re election against F Richardson state treasurer.
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San Francisco
Cal
California
U. S
U. 8
Hiram W. Johnson
Charles C. Madre
William D. Stephens
F. i Richardson
Autopsy May Prompt Murder Charge in Illinois
Bloomington officials expect a murder charge against Albert Lowe, arrested in Colorado, after autopsy on Edna Skinner of Leroy revealed a fractured skull and multiple wounds not caused by a fall. Skinner, a local Bloomington schoolteacher, died in a gasoline stove explosion with Lowe as beneficiary in two policies.
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Bloomington
Ill
Albert Lowe
Greeley
Colo
Edna Skinner
Leroy
Skinner
Lowe
Maker of Great Seal of U S Dies in Philadelphia
Maxi Zeitler, 68, designer and engraver of the current Great Seal, died in a Philadelphia hospital yesterday after a long career in engraving and seal work.
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U.S
Philadelphia
Maxi Zeitler
United States
Herrin mine massacre inquiry seen by secret grand jury
A Marion Illinois grand jury opens a secret review of the Williamson coal war at the Lester Strip mines near Herrin, with 26 deaths and many injuries recorded January 21 and 22. State officials, including Delos Duty, Brundage, and C W Middlehauf, present strong evidence and promise a fair probe.
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Associated Press
Marion
Williamson
Lester
Herrin
Thoroness
Delos
Brundage
C. W. Middlehauf
Federal Department of Justice
World association of states proposed to supplant league
A plan for a world association of states to link the league of nations and Pan American union was submitted to the Institute of International Law in Grenoble. The proposal envisions a body that watches over humanity, codifies international law, and acts by recommendations, not force.
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Associated Press
Grenoble
France
Naw
World Association of States
tJink
League
of Nations
Pan-American Union
Institute of International Law
Alejandro Alvarez
Chile
Alvarez
Paris
League and Pan-American Union
Leck
League of Nations
Leagus
Institute
I Jleague
United States
Germany
Russia
Alvaraz
Association
The
Assembly
Executive Council
Pan- American Union
Assembly of the New Association
Girl Brates Death to Get Book Material
Katherine MacGregor of Waupun Wis aged 26 described by the New York dispatch as having pursued dramatic peril to gather material for a book. She crossed South American jungles near Lima Peru venturing into the Andes for seven days by mule back with an English guide and native muleteers and paddled a dugout on the headwaters of the Amazon facing dangerous wildlife.
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New York
Katherine MacGregor
Waupauca
Wis
MacGregor
Traiis
Lima
Peru
Andes
Amazon
Tchitcherin Seeks U S Passport to Secure Loan
Riga Aug 28 George Tchitcherin peoples commissar for foreign affairs in the Soviet government is seeking a passport to go to the United States in an effort to obtain a loan for Russia, according to a report received here today.
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Riga
George Tchiticherin
People's Commissar For Foreign Affairs
Soviiet
United States
Russia
De Valera Disguises as Nun To Seek Safe Night’s Rest
Cork reports Ex-mean De Valera, head of the republican irregulars, evading Free State pursuit by constant movement. He is said to have worn a Catholic nun’s habit and spent a night in a Catholic institution to avoid seizure.
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de Valera
Cork
Exmean de Valera
Republican Irregulara
Ford Opens Fight On Coal Profiteers
Detroit August 28 Henry Ford announces plants will close September 16 amid a battle against coal profiteering. Ford asserts no coal shortage and says brokers hold a large supply while prices jump 100 to 300 percent above normal.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Dearborn
Tobacco users pay nine percent of federal income tax
Tobacco users paid almost nine percent of the 3 197 000 005 in internal revenue received by the government in 1922 fiscal year. Income and profits taxes made up 65 percent of the total. Automobile industry paid 96,456,000 in the fiscal year through the manufacturers' excess tax, 31,116,000 less than 1921. Non alcoholic beverages showed a large decline, 34,489,000 versus 55,676,000 last year. Theatres and cabarets admissions taxed 73,374,000, down 6,357,009 from the previous year.
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Washington, D. C
Spot Two Con Men in Denver Roundup
Denver Colorado August 28 two of thirty five men jailed in a wholesale roundup of alleged confidence men were identified by investigators from the district attorney's office Fal die Schultz alias William Straub Knoxville Tenn and Kansas City Mo the other C V son Toledo O both were said to be notorious con men several victims from across the country were on hand to view the prisoners
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Denver
Coto
District Attorney's Office
Faldie Schultz
William Straub
Knoxville
Tenn
Kansas Chi
C. V. Son
Toledo
Readlyn Girl Killed In Roadster Collision Near Culvert
Miss Augusta Kehe, 21, of Readlyn Iowa, was killed instantly when a speeding roadster she rode in struck a car paused on a roadside to let a turn and veered into a ditch near a culvert two and a half miles from Readlyn. Her sister Hulda Kehe and another passenger were also in the roadster. The driver of the roadster, blinded by the lights of the standing car, swerved to miss it. The Kehe family and three men in the other car, from Tripoli, were involved.
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Waverly
Augusta Weehe
Readlyn
Ivert
Hulda Kehe
Miss Kehe
John Kehe
Theeen
Tripoli
Michael Collins Buried in Glasnevin Amid World of Mourning
Large crowds gathered in Dublin as Michael Collins, former commander-in-chief of the Free State army, was buried at Glasnevin cemetery beside other Irish patriots. The funeral at the Pro Cathedral drew officials, soldiers, and mourners from across Ireland while Dublin and many cities observed deep mourning.
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Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Michael Collins
Seven State Army
Glasnevin
Ireland
Byrne
Free State
Procathedral
Hfe
Viancee
Collin
Katherine Kiernan
Cabinet
Dall Bie Yveunn
Trish
Britain
Free State Army
Dublin Corporation
Dublinniversity
Collinge
Dubliin Buards
Collins
Dublin Guards
Curler
Battimore
O'Connell
Parmell
Curran
Griffith
Four Die When Auto Hits Train at Perrysburg Crossing
Four persons were killed early today when a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train struck the auto in which they were riding at Perrysburg Crossing near Toledo. Police and railroad officials investigated the crash.
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Toledo
Baltimore & Ohio
Perrysburg Crossing
Weather summary for Iowa towns reports road conditions
Des Moines reports clear skies with some slippery patches and improving roads. Other towns including Alona Charles City Cedar Rapids Davenport Des Moines Dubuque La Crosse Mason City and Waverly note rain elsewhere and generally good roads with forward progress.
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U. S. Department_of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Charles
Alona Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque
la «Trosse
Wis
Mason City
Waverfly
Fate and Rebel Bullets: Romance of Kitty Kiernan
Longford Aug 28. Kitty Kiernan, beloved by Michael Collins, endures sorrow after his assassination by rebels. The romance of their planned marriage, delayed by war and politics, captivates Ireland as Sinn Fein and Free State events unfold.
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Fate
Kitty Kiernan
Unites Preas
Longford
Ireland
Nance
Michael Collins
Free State
Collins
Mickey
de Valera
Ulster
Sinn Fein
Kitty
Ladies‘ Gallery
England
Collina
Dodg
Strike Proposal Looms Over Kansas City Unions
The shadow of a general strike hovered over Kansas City as the Sheet Metal Workers union spokesman George W. Nichols presented a plan to halt work by all union laborers in support of railroad and coal strikers. About 160 local unions are under the labor council, which will consider the resolution.
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Kansas City
Central Labor Union
She Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
George W. Nichols
Labor Council
Prohibition Vote in Stockholm Whittles Down Dry Run
In Stockholm on August 28 incomplete returns from Sundays plebiscite show the wets winning over the drys. Both men and women voted. The drys, financed largely from the United States, had campaigned vigorously to ban the drink traffic.
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Stockholm
United States
Meat packing output holds steady despite coal strike
The Seventh Federal Reserve Bank reports that thirty five leading packing companies show July sales up 6.5 percent from June but 1.7 percent below a year earlier. Domestic demand improves but is pressured by transportation disruptions and broader industry unrest. Germany remains a leading market for packing house products.
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Associated Pressey
Chicago
Seventh Federal Reserve Bank
Germany
Dus Transportation
White Sox Yankees to Replay August Game Over
Major league president Ban Johnson fined several managers and players from New York and Chicago after a protest over the Aug game. The fines ranged up to 100 dollars with others at 25 dollars. the game will be replayed under Johnson’s order.
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White Sox
Associated Press
Chicagre
Mhter E Rugeius
New York
Chicago Americans
Han Johnson
Hirggins
Tsidend Johnson
Chicago
Mayers
Huggins
Hobart Meusel
Everett Sentz
Waite Noyt
Wallie Schang
Urban Faber
Bill Pale
Ray Schall
Johnson
Two Men Die After Refusal of Dollar Loan
In Chicago a man named William Weasley, 34, was captured after an apparent attempt to shoot his way through a police roadblock. He is charged with the murders of Charles Green and Eugene Carter, two railroad laborers, who reportedly refused to lend him a dollar.
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Chicago
Mast Chicago
Gary Whiting
Hammond
William Weasley
Whiting Jah
Wrasley
Charles Green
Eugene Carter
Congress May Define Living Wage Amid Rail Labor Talks
Reporters in railroad labor board circles indicate preparations for hearings on a possible wage increase or maintenance of wartime pay. The discussion centers on amending the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act to include a defined minimum living cost for railroad employment, with Congress as the likely author.
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Chicago, Ave
Congress
Railroad Labor Board
Argonaut mine blaze traps 46 workers below 4500 feet
Fire at the Argonaut mine near Amador County California traps 46 miners, with 3 rescued through the flames to the surface. Air and water pipes burn as rescue crews from Nevada City rush to join the operation amid fears the men may already be dead.
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Nesen
San
Cal
Arty- Gilgit
Ha Argonaut
Kile Hope
Vanehru
Eyouk
Clarence Noadshaw
Argonaut
Kennedy
California
Min Ars
Isalyattan
Red Cross
Nevada City
Altha
Amador County
el Dorado
Calaveras
Sacramento County
Bradshaw
Yeas
Tt Imine
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